Mate unemployed for 20 years!

Let him get on with it, yeah we would all like a job we really want but that's life sometimes you don't always get,but needs must most of us go out and earn a wage, flogging a dead horse there i think, pure loser.
 
Isn't it just a reduced state pension rather than no pension?

Uncle now "retired" probably did less than a year's work in his entire life, I assume he still gets a state pension as he's not homeless, all though I suppose rules might have changed.
 
How is he not homeless now if he doesn't even sign on? to be honest if he has a gambling habit what good is working? he'll just throw away whatever he earns anyway.
 
Jono8 said:
How does he eat and where does he live? :confused:
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I likely to know this too. I also would like to not have to work while still remaining clothed, fed and sheltered!

opethdisciple said:
He lives with he's parents still. Does a bit of dog walking for the neighbour. Pays for the odd bit of pot I suppose.
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So where does the 'spare' cash come from for gambling?!

I'm baffled by this one.

Are his parents well off and just support him?
 
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I was going to say that eligible people on JSA get NI contributions automatically paid, but then I saw the part where you say he isn't claiming. So yeah, basically he's ******.
 
perhaps he needs to start a business of some form from home or do some form of freelancing, presumably he's not too motivated to work for others but might be motivated when he's working for himself

one of my mates is a massive pot head, though was at least employed albeit in a job he couldn't stand, he ended up moving to part time hours so as still to afford the rent etc.. and starting up a small business on his free days+weekends doing something related but not in competition with his employer... few years later and he's no longer working from home and has half a dozen employees working for him + business is doing very well.... still a massive pot head though, still smokes the stuff daily

I guess your mate has an advantage in some ways in that he's not got the pressure of having to worry about rent/bills while starting out and can instead dedicate whatever time he likes to a new venture not fit it around an existing job - his disadvantage of course is that with no real world experience in any form of business/employer he might be a bit clueless re: ideas/areas where he could establish himself
 
Know a few travellers, one of which told me (boasting) a couple of years ago that he'd never had a job in his life. He was in his late 60's.

Also someone I know from ages ago, redundancy when firm closed in late 80's, never worked since. Married (she doesn't either I think), 3-4 kids, grand-kids etc. Memories of seeing her in shop one day in front of me at the till, when she hadn't enough to pay for all she'd picked out (doesn't everyone count whilst picking items!?), only to put back a loaf of bread so she could buy him four tins of J.Smiths :/
 
One problem is the longer you are in that rut the harder it becomes to get out of it - which results in some people giving up - and some just have no interest in getting out of it.
 
Rroff said:
One problem is the longer you are in that rut the harder it becomes to get out of it - which results in some people giving up - and some just have no interest in getting out of it.
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This really,plus it is basically a mental health issue once it is the bad
 
I know someone who has been on the dole since 1984 and makes extra money from boot sales and a bit of selling here and there,don't know how some people get away with it to be honest.
 
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